Rakuten Kobo 2023 Emerging Writer Prize
With the Emerging Writer Prize, Rakuten Kobo endeavours to raise the profiles of debut authors by recognizing exceptional books written by first-time Canadian authors in three categories: Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, and one of three types of genre fiction: Romance, Speculative Fiction, or Mystery.
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Valley of the Birdtail
An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
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Run Towards the Danger
Confrontations with a Body of Memory
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Son of Elsewhere
A Memoir in Pieces
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Our Voice of Fire
A Memoir of a Warrior Rising
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Invisible Boy
A Memoir of Self-Discovery
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The Broken Places
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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
A Novel
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Her First Palestinian
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Tear
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The Island of Forgetting
A Novel
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Radium Girl
Stories
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Satellite Love
A Novel
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In Veritas
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